First Hurdle
We’ve been bracing ourselves for a tough transition for Schuyler. Since she started her AAC class in elementary school, she’s been on a transfer path with her classmates, the idea being that she would have a group
Robert Rummell-Hudson Archive
Occupy Advocacy
This has been a rough week for me. Not like tragic, skies-darkening, hide-the-sharp-things rough, not even close. But I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what I’m trying to accomplish as a writer and an advocate,
Overbelief in Action
So let’s consider two scenarios, two possible outcomes for a teenaged girl with a challenging difference trying to fit into a group of typical kids, the kind she’d so desperately like to join. One year, the girl
With Thoughts of Other, Younger Days
I almost didn’t recognize myself. I came across this photo from at least ten years ago as I was migrating my old book site from its now-inaccessible home to one on Blogger. It was the photo that
Safe Spaces
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about language, and hate speech, particularly how it applies to people with disabilities. There’s not a consensus on the seriousness of hate speech, as I’ve been reminded lately. Some believe that
Community Standards
A couple of years ago, I made a pledge to myself concerning the R Word. It wasn’t the pledge you see posted now and then, the one that says you’ll never use the word again. After my
Mission Control
As parents of kids with special needs, there’s something we desire most of all for them, particularly as they get older. We want them to have independence. We dream of them walking freely in the world, making